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U.S. Logistics Shenanigans: Container ships going down, U.S. Taxpayers to the ‘rescue’!

This follows the U.S. taxpayer funded federal government operations that assist the private sector’s container (aka ConEx, a portmanteau of Container and Express) operations, from 01 January 2022 through 29 April 2022:

U.S. Coast Guard-ANT Muskegon photo, 29APR2022.

On 29APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Lake Michigan sector was dispatched to rescue a commercial bulk carrier that ran aground on a sand bar at the entrance to Muskegon.

28APR2022: Empty shipping containers stack up at U.S. ports

U.S. Army Photo by Avery Schneider, 25APR2022.

On 25APR2022, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the gates on the Black Rock Lock for the first time this year. The Black Rock Lock is the only water route for deep draft ships between The Great Lakes and ports on the upper Niagara River.

Photo via the Office of the Fiji Maritime Surveillance Rescue Coordination Center, Republic of Fiji Navy.

22APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro pays a visit to the Port of Suva, Fiji.  It is part of Operation Blue Pacific, to boost ‘security’ in the Indo-Pacific and counter ‘illegal activity’.

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Taylor Bacon, 10APR2022.

On 08APR2022, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), California Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention/Response, and Marin County went into action to save the 564-foot container ship Wan Hai 176. The Singaporean registered container ship lost power and went adrift approximately seven miles off the coast of Point Reyes, California. The Wan Hai 176 was towed into San Francisco Bay on 10APR2022.

USCG District 11 video, chasing down the Wan Hai 176, 09APR2022:

USCG District 5 photo, 13MAR2022.

On 13MAR2022, Hong Kong registered Evergreen container ship Ever Forward ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, near the Craighill Channel, Maryland.  Ever Forward was on its way to Norfolk, Virginia.

USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Kimberly Reaves, 10APR2022.

On 10APR2022, ConEx boxes are removed in an attempt to lighten the ship.

USCG District 5 photo by Petty Officer Second Class Devin Erfourth, 17APR2022.

On 17APR2022, the USCG, Maryland Department of the Environment, and Evergreen Marine Corporation worked to refloat the Ever Forward. It took five weeks to repair damage caused by the grounding, and to unstick the 1-thousand-95-feet long ship.

Photo by George Mason University Department of Police and Public safety, 17APR2022.

The Ever Forward was then towed to the port.  On 19APR2022, the state of Maryland demanded that Evergreen pay at least $100-million to cover what the Maryland taxpayers spent rescuing the Ever Forward.

USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jessica Fontenette, 08APR2022.

On 08APR2022, USCG District 9-Marine Safety Unit Cleveland conducted their routine inspection of containers coming through the Port of Cleveland.

Photo by Michael Dougherty, 23MAR2022.

On 23MAR2022, the USCG and the U.S. Army demonstrated their port defense operations on the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina.  The demonstration also included fly-overs by Florida Air National Guard F-15s, an Alabama Air National Guard KC-135, and a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry.

USCG District 9 photo by Petty Officer Third Class Gregory Schell, 29MAR2022.

In March 2022, the Canadian Coast Guard joined with USCG in breaking the ice on Lake Superior, to provide a clear path for container ships heading to or from Duluth, Minnesota.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Glenn Fawcett, 07FEB2022.

In February 2022, the  U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations provided taxpayer funded Super Bowl security for the Port of Long Beach.

U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Drew Verbis, 31JAN2022.

On 31JAN2022, the CEO of FedEx Logistics made a statement  during a press conference onboard Port Hueneme (aka The Port), California.  FedEx now has a deal (Joint Use Agreement) with U.S. Naval Base Ventura County and the use of Port Hueneme, which is considered a strategic West Coast deep water seaport.  According to a press release by The Port, FedEx is being allowed to use the taxpayer funded Port Hueneme to avoid privately operated ports in California!

U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash, 27JAN2022.

In January 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspected the Port of Baltimore’s Dundalk and Seagirt Marine Terminals in Maryland.  There are claims that the port is now the top ‘e-commerce’ port in the United States.  Port operators credit this to the ‘Pandemic’ shipping problems which resulted in a lot of container ships being rerouted from other overstressed ports.

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